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Best Beverage Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top beverage stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best beverage stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best non-alcoholic beverage stocks to buy right now are:

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) is the #1 top beverage stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 1 points higher than the beverage industry average of 38.

KOF passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV has seen its stock return 14.43% over the past year, underperforming other beverage stocks by -3 percentage points.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $115.75, an upside of 13.44% from Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's current stock price of $102.04.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is the #2 top beverage stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Coca Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -4 points lower than the beverage industry average of 38. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates COKE as a "B".

COKE passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Coca Cola Consolidated has seen its stock return 64.5% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 47 percentage points.

Vita Coco Company (NASDAQ:COCO) is the #3 top beverage stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vita Coco Company (NASDAQ:COCO) is: Value: D, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Vita Coco Company (NASDAQ:COCO) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 15 points higher than the beverage industry average of 38.

COCO passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vita Coco Company has seen its stock return 92.26% over the past year, overperforming other beverage stocks by 75 percentage points.

Vita Coco Company has an average 1 year price target of $73.80, an upside of 0.75% from Vita Coco Company's current stock price of $73.25.

Vita Coco Company stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Vita Coco Company, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 9 beverage stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 beverage stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) has an annual dividend yield of 10.08%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 3.1%. National Beverage's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. National Beverage's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Beverage's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the beverage industry average of 3.1%. Pepsico's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Pepsico's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Pepsico's dividend payout ratio of 75.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) has an annual dividend yield of 2.93%, which is the same as the beverage industry average of 3.1%. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Keurig Dr Pepper's dividend payout ratio of 68.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Beverage stocks were up 1.84% in the last day, and up 1.74% over the last week. Keurig Dr Pepper was the among the top gainers in the beverages - non-alcoholic industry, gaining 3.63% yesterday.

Shares of consumer staples companies are trading higher as investors rotate into defensive sectors amid recent market volatility and heightened uncertainty. Investors may be drawn to cash-generative, dividend-paying stocks as an inflation hedge.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued beverage stocks right now are:

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV (NYSE:KOF) is the most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the beverage industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Coca Cola Femsa Sab De CV's stock has gained 14.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -3 percentage points.

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) is the second most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Keurig Dr Pepper has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the beverage industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Keurig Dr Pepper's stock has dropped -5.51% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -23 percentage points.

Pepsico (NASDAQ:PEP) is the third most undervalued beverage stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Pepsico has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the beverage industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pepsico's stock has gained 3.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the beverage industry by -14 percentage points.

69.23% of beverage stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect beverage stocks to rise by 12.26% over the next year.

0% of beverage stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of beverage stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.33% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).